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Games that had awesome bosses through the entire game
- Thread starter Lightning_Roller
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The final boss sucks ass with its unwinnable sequences.
Crab Milk Mickey
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There are no unwinnable sequences.
mrmickfran
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*Insert Platinum game here*
*Insert Treasure game here*
*Insert Atlus game here*
*Insert From Software game here*
*Insert Treasure game here*
*Insert Atlus game here*
*Insert From Software game here*
There are parts where you just bounce off off him and get mauled in cutscenes. I'm fairly sure these were scripted.
SoundPulse
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TeamLeftMatch
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Came to mention No More Heroes. The bosses are the entire point, the rest is just filler really.
LowlySmokeGuy
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Probably because you messed up a QTE or somethin.
Vegetable Lasagna
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No More Heroes 1/2
bobawesome
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If anyone says Breath of the Wild I'll know they're lying.
Sorry couldn't hear you over Senator Armstrong MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
Possumowner
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Monster Hunter.
Also on Megadrive i remember Gynoug having some constantly great bosses
Also on Megadrive i remember Gynoug having some constantly great bosses
Crab Milk Mickey
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Oh, I perceived that comment as "attacks you cannot avoid getting hit by" for whatever reason.
There are scripted transitions like that before the fight really starts, yeah, but you can still continue playing untouched until an invisible timer (of a few minutes) expires. Still jarring though.
Mr. Poolman
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This is the correct answer, even on the carnival-like scene where you throw a dice to know which boss to face, I always wanted to roll a 1 to try them all!
haha yeah, fucking hegel took me forever.
Dragoon En Regalia
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No mention of any Ys game yet?
...Huh. Well, Ys Origin's the best candidate here. Nearly every boss is well-designed, and the ones with flaws still feel great to fight. You also have a lot of varied mechanics for universal and character-specific fights, and excellent difficulty curve. Each of the three MCs can tackle fights differently, and that's not counting extras like playing against them as Napishtim or Oath Adol. I'd use Oath as an example too, but Guilen and Gyalva are decent and mediocre, not great or even good. And Ys Seven has tons of great fights but a few stinkers too.
...Huh. Well, Ys Origin's the best candidate here. Nearly every boss is well-designed, and the ones with flaws still feel great to fight. You also have a lot of varied mechanics for universal and character-specific fights, and excellent difficulty curve. Each of the three MCs can tackle fights differently, and that's not counting extras like playing against them as Napishtim or Oath Adol. I'd use Oath as an example too, but Guilen and Gyalva are decent and mediocre, not great or even good. And Ys Seven has tons of great fights but a few stinkers too.
Fun detail about that... On the two hardest difficulties, that safety blanket you had of getting knocked down to 0.1% and then progressing? Gone. You just die instead. To proceed you have to avoid his attacks until the game counts it as a win. On Revengeance difficulty that's about 2-3 minutes. And he'll do eight times the damage as he does on Normal.
It's still beatable. Just... kind of difficult.
Doctrine Dark
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Parasite Eve. Loved every boss.
HellforLeather
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Soul Reaver.
They werent very hard but definitely memorable.
They werent very hard but definitely memorable.
It's been said over and over but Metal Gear Rising is the best at this.
Each boss is mechanically unique, visually interesting, has incredible music, and pushes you towards demonstrating mastery (or at least competence) with at least one of the games core gameplay mechanics.
There also isn't a stinker among them, every boss is fun.
Each boss is mechanically unique, visually interesting, has incredible music, and pushes you towards demonstrating mastery (or at least competence) with at least one of the games core gameplay mechanics.
There also isn't a stinker among them, every boss is fun.
dancingphlower
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Metal Gear Rising, easy.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
How the hell has nobody mentioned Doom 2016 yet?
I love MonHun, but there are a ton of stinkers in those games. They're mostly the older monsters that haven't gotten updates (like Rathalos and Rathian got in Tri) but the fact remains that there are a bunch of monsters in 4U and Gen that aren't fun to fight. I'm talking Gypceros, Khezu, Shogun Ceanataur, and the like.
Mr.Deadshot
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No.
Platinum Games / Glover the thread
Also: God of War, Soulsborne, Devil May Cry 1+3, Metal Gear Solid, Bayonetta, Ninja Gaiden 1 - all around amazing boss fights. Even the weaker bossfights are good or unique. I miss more boss fights in modern games
Not a fan of the endboss though which kind of piled on an entirely different set of rules and mechanics which didn't really factor into the core design.
BigBoss007
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1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Metal Gear Solid 1, 3 and Rising
3. Bloodborne
Honorable mentions: God of War 3 and Bayonetta 1.
2. Metal Gear Solid 1, 3 and Rising
3. Bloodborne
Honorable mentions: God of War 3 and Bayonetta 1.
Bloodborne is my default answer for the "what's the best _____" or "what's your favorite _____" questions, because it's usually always accurate, but in this case - FUCK MICOLASH.
For my answer - do Destiny raid bosses count? Oryx, while a bitch, was pretty cool. Same can be said about all the others as well.
For my answer - do Destiny raid bosses count? Oryx, while a bitch, was pretty cool. Same can be said about all the others as well.
Yeah, I just finished this and wow, I loved every single boss battle.
JinjoUnchained
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Shovel Knight. The bosses are well rounded characters, distinctive from one another, have great sprite work, and are really fun to play. They get even better in the expansions.
mrmickfran
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Acquiescence
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Hyper Light Drifter.
Good answer. At the time, those encounters felt like the most epic thing ever.
Good answer. At the time, those encounters felt like the most epic thing ever.
SciencePilot
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Mega Man Zero 1 yo. Topped off by my favorite final boss in a videogame.
Of course the game is all about boss fights so it makes sense. The levels are pretty phoned-in but the bosses are great!
Of course the game is all about boss fights so it makes sense. The levels are pretty phoned-in but the bosses are great!
Hell yes. Some of the most satisfying fights ever, especially on NG+.
Pizza con salsiccia
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God Hand.
Rentahamster
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How is this not the first reply lol
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor has my favorite bosses as a whole in a game, and I don't really remember there being any bad ones.
I also liked all the boss stages in Catherine.
I don't remember most of the bosses in the game, but I definitely remember disliking the Vorken fights. I don't think those ones were done very well.
I also liked all the boss stages in Catherine.
I don't remember most of the bosses in the game, but I definitely remember disliking the Vorken fights. I don't think those ones were done very well.